<a href="http://www.diabetesdaily.com/voices/2013/10/diabetes-coaching-from-cdes-living-with-type-1-diabetes/"><img class="alignright wp-image-35206" alt="Gary Scheiner" src="http://www.diabetesdaily.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/21/files/2013/12/Screen-Shot-2013-12-19-at-7.50.17-AM42.png" width="283" height="302" /></a>Are you a "diabetic" or a "person with diabetes"? To many, it seems to be a really big deal. The word

Very well written Ginge. I relly like this article. This is one thing that I keep telling people. Each one of us is different and what works for me might or might not work for them and vice/versa. We are all different individuals.﻿

In a nutshell, the answer is: yes. But for some, the answer can be: no.For most, explains <a href="http://www.integrateddiabetes.com/primeserv.shtml" target="_blank">Gary Scheiner, CDE</a> and author of "<a href="ncreas-Practical-Insulin-Completely/dp/0738215147" target="_blank">Think Like

<img class="alignright wp-image-35410" alt="test strips from lots of blood sugar tests" src="http://www.diabetesdaily.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/21/files/2014/01/534049_620794216940_2076081477_n222.jpg" width="206" height="277" />We've come a long way in diabetes technology. Just as recent as the <a href="http://www.diabetesdaily.com/voices/2012/07/living-with-diabetes-in-1970/" target="_blank">1970s</a>,

Just how do I speak to my caregiver? For years she has told me that "you have the best equipment the world has to offer" when I have an insulin pump and meter. Just how many years do I have to see friends with a cgm and hear this junk from my provider without exploding? I thrive on numbers and calculations so I generally just go into a quiet depression till I leave the office where it is once again safe to think and talk to myself because it just isn't safe to talk to the person giving me a lecture. ﻿

Ginger Vieira is a Wellness & Diabetes Coach through her own business, Living In Progress (www.living-in-progress.com). Most commonly, her clients goals include: overcoming emotional eating, making exercise a bigger priority in life, developing stronger self-esteem, and learning how to eat a healthy diet.

She video blogs regularly in the diabetes community and freelances on exercise, behavioral matters, and emotional and physical well-being. She has a bachelor's degree in professional writing from Champlain College, and is a ISSA certified personal trainer, Ashtanga yoga instructor and has set 15 records in drug-tested powerlifting during 2009 and 2010.